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2020


Surg Neurol Int


11

Meningothelial meningioma of the oculomotor nerve: A case report and review of the literature.

Authors

Sharifi G, Lotfinia M, Omidbeigi M, Asaadi S, Zerehpoosh F B
Surg Neurol Int. 2020; 11:314.
PMID: 33093991.

Abstract

The origin of meningioma tumors is known as the meningothelial or arachnoid cap cells. The arachnoid granulations or villi are concentrated along with the dural venous sinuses in the cerebral convexity, parasagittally, and sphenoid wing regions. The majority of meningiomas are found in these locations with dural attachment. Infrequently, meningiomas develop without dural attachment but in dural adjacent. There are numerous reports of patients with cranial nerve involvement as a result of the compressive effect of the sinus cavernous or adjacent structures meningioma tumor on the cranial nerve.